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XperienceApplication · Kentico

CVE-2022-50681

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 13.0.88 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via administration input fields in the Rich text editor component. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kentico Xperience administration interface. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through input fields in the Rich text editor component, which gets reflected back to authenticated users' browsers, allowing arbitrary script execution.

MitigationApply vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a patched version of Kentico Xperience; validate and sanitize input in the Rich text editor component.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
XperienceApplication
Affected:<= 13.0.88

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Kentico Xperience installation
    Look for Kentico Xperience or Kentico CMS in your installed applications, IIS sites, or application directories. Check for Kentico-related DLLs, CMS folder structures, or the Kentico administration interface URL path.
    Affected if Kentico Xperience software is found in the environment
  2. Check installed version
    Locate the version information for the Kentico Xperience installation. This is typically found in the CMS (or similar) folder, often in a version file, assembly info, or the administration interface itself. Compare your version number to 13.0.88.
    Affected if The installed version is 13.0.88 or lower
  3. Verify administration interface is accessible
    Confirm the Kentico administration interface (typically at /CMS or /Admin paths) is accessible from the network or internally. This is required since the XSS targets authenticated admin users.
    Affected if The administration interface is reachable and accessible
  4. Confirm Rich text editor component is present
    Check if the Rich text editor functionality exists within the Kentico administration panel. This component is used in various content editing fields throughout the CMS.
    Affected if The Rich text editor component is available in the installation

You are affected if Kentico Xperience is installed with a version of 13.0.88 or lower and the administration interface with the Rich text editor component is accessible.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 13.0.88
Interim mitigation

Apply vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a patched version of Kentico Xperience; validate and sanitize input in the Rich text editor component.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Kentico Xperience version > 13.0.88 (latest available hotfix or service pack)

  1. 1. Identify the current installed version of Kentico Xperience in your environment
  2. 2. Navigate to the Kentico Xperience administration interface
  3. 3. Go to the 'About' section to confirm the exact version number
  4. 4. Access the Kentico download portal or Kentico Hub to obtain the latest hotfix version
  5. 5. Download the latest hotfix package that is newer than version 13.0.88
  6. 6. Back up your database and website files before applying the update
  7. 7. Install the hotfix following Kentico's standard upgrade procedure
  8. 8. Verify the installation was successful by checking the version in the administration interface
Caveat Review Kentico release notes for the target version as minor breaking changes may occur between versions

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Xperience Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
7.0 hours of engineering $1,240
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